Police blotter: Three shootings, a carjacking reported in Gentilly neighborhoods
Three shootings and a carjacking were reported by police during the holiday weekend in and around Gentilly neighborhoods.
A woman was injured early Tuesday (May 31) in the Milneburg area.
She was found at 12:43 a.m. on the 6000 block of Franklin Avenue with a gunshot wound in her buttocks and transported to a local hospital.
The two other shootings took place on Saturday (May 28) near the interstate.
A man was found with multiple gunshot wounds at the corner of Elysian Fields Avenue and Agriculture Street by police at 12:30 p.m. He was taken to a local hospital.
About seven hours later that day, a man was shot on the 3000 block of Elysian Fields Avenue. The man was in a car at 7:50 p.m. when another man pulled up beside him and opened fire. The victim then took himself to a local hospital.
A carjacking also near the interstate occurred Sunday (May 29).
A man in a gray 2017 Ford Focus was at the corner of France and Old Gentilly Roads at 8:22 a.m. when he was forced to turn over his vehicle at knifepoint. The Ford Focus has Louisiana license plate 727 CMN.
Further details were not immediately available. Anyone with information is urged to call the NOPD Third District station at 504-658-6030 to speak to a detective, or Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111 to leave an anonymous tip that could be eligible for a cash reward.
